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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Senator believe Snake would have thought about his speech?

2. What protects Cat Man's and Cannonball's teams as they make their way to the cemetery?

3. What is Goodrich's response to the family gathering his parents planned for him?

4. What does Goodrich do after a few months back home?

5. What prevents Snake's two teams from advancing to help Senator's team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hodges' mother do with the flag and gold medal she receives that Hodges earned while in the war?

2. Why does Snake go to the company office tent?

3. What becomes of Dan and his men when they are on the road to Laos?

4. What is Mitsuko's response when Hodges asks her to marry him?

5. What is Hodges' reply when his classmate asks him if they can still win the war?

6. Why does Goodrich go to the Regimental Legal Officer's tent?

7. What type of songs does Senator sing and play on his guitar after Hodges returns?

8. What effect does sitting in the rain have on Hodges' men?

9. What are the results of the investigation into Snake's participation in the killing of the civilian's that Senator reported?

10. What does Hodges notice in his old classmate that he meets in the mess hall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Choose a character from the novel and discuss his role as a hero.

2) Sketch out ideas about heroism with regards to the thoughts and actions of the character.

3) Does the hero plan out his actions or act spontaneously? Use examples from the novel.

4) Is the hero realistic in his actions or does he seem superhuman? Defend the answer with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Goodrich presents moral dilemmas to his comrades' behavior throughout the novel.

1) How do Goodrich and the other men in his unit respond differently to their plights?

2) Which characters are more realistic in their responses to the dangers that they face and the moral questions they deal with?

3) Cite examples from the novel where Goodrich was adverse to the actions of the other men in his unit.

4) Whose actions are more realistic considering the situations they face?

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause Senator's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the people in his life because of these changes?

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